Weatherstrip and flashing structures



-Feb. 18, 1958 w. E. HORROCKS 2 WEATHERSTRIP AND FLASHING STRUCTURESFiled Aug. 24, 1956 Ml VE/V 70R- 04% United States Patent WEATHERSTRIPAND FLASHING STRUCTURES Walter E. Horrocks, Lakewood, Ohio ApplicationAugust 24, 1956, Serial No. 606,144

8 Claims. (Cl. 20-69) Mypresent invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in Weatherstrip and Flashing Structures em bodyingadditional characteristics and advantages over the structures disclosedin my co-pending application titled- Weatherstripping, Serial No.472,294, filed December], 1954, and my co-pending application titledWeatherstripping Structures, Serial No. 568,301, filed February 28,

1956, with the additional characteristics adapted for incorporating intovarious articles of manufacture.

structures in a manner that permits of the structures to shifthorizontally so that the piercing ribs will'become embedded in anundercut seating arrangement in such a manner that will better hold andsecurethe structures:

to the elements to which they are applied, as is herewith illustratedand described for utilizing the inventionfor.

different applications.

An important object of the invention is to provide a.

Weatherstrip or flashing element providing a serrated penetrating ribarranged to be drivenobliquely into wooden elements and the like and beembedded in an angular seated position therein.

Another object is to provideaweatherstrip or flashing element that can.be embeddedin an angular undercut;

seated position.

Another object isto provide a Weatherstrip or flashing element having aserrated penetrating rib that will provide antundercut seal.

Another object'is to provide a Weatherstrip or flashing elementproviding an improved anchorage means.

Still another object is to provide a Weatherstrip or flashing elementthat can shift horizontally when its penetrating means is driven to itsseating position into wood elements and the like.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent whenanalysing the drawings in conjunction with the accompanyingspecifications.

The Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing an L shaped element provided withan obliquely disposed penetrating rib initially arranged to be driveninto a wood element in a manner to be seated in an undercut seatedposition as shown in Fig. 2, 3, and 5, inclusive.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the L shaped structure after thepiercing means and rib have been driven into the wood element.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through a head member of a double hung windowframe showing an L shaped flashing embedded in the window frame.'

Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the head member of a double hungwindow frame showing the initial position of the L shaped flashingbefore being driven into the window frame.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view through a door jamb and;

i a door stile having L shaped and Z shaped weatherstrips appliedthereto, and being secured with the ribs bedded in an angular seatedarrangement.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing a channel structure provided with anoblique rib 15, which is to be serrated j along its margin as indicatedat 16 in the Fig. 10.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing an F shaped weatherstrip providedwith an oblique penetrating rib 15, which is to be serrated along itsmargin as is indicated at 16 in the Fig. 10.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view showing an L shaped weatherstrip structureprovided with an oblique rib 15, that is covered with its face asindicated in the Fig. 11.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view showing a Z shaped weatherstrip provided withan oblique rib that is covered by itsface asindicated in the Fig. 11.

Fig. 10 is a partial perspective enlarged view illustrating an obliquelyinclined piercing rib provided with a series of saw teeth, or serrated.piercing means.

Fig. 11'is apartial perspective enlarged view illustrating 'an obliquelyinclined'piercing rib provided with a series of saw teeth, or serrated.piercing means whichare covered by the face portion of the Weatherstripor flashing structure.

fered piercing edge,.and also a series of serrated piercing meansarranged along the margin of the chamfered: edge, with the rib and itspiercing means'being covered by the face portion of the Weatherstrip orflashing struc-:

tures.

siding, such as is universally used in the building arts and termed asflashing, although the invention is not to be restricted to thesespecified applications.

The Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the application of the invention as it isapplied to an L shaped structure, with face surface of the structureobliquely towards the leftsubstantially as shownin the-Fig. 2 whichembeds the obliquely disposed slanting rib 15 into the element 19 in anundercut seated position in which the obliquely" shifting line. oftravel of the L shaped structure is indicated by the dotted line 20substantially as is indicated between the Figures 1 and 2. It is to benoted that the slanting piercing rib 15 being embedded in an undercutseated position in the element 19 is immune from easy extraction fromthe element 19, such as when a vertical pull is applied to the exposedupstanding leg of the L shaped structure, and the piercing edge 16 ofthe slanting rib 15 is also prevented from curling outwardly beyond theend of the L shaped structure.

Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 illustrate the invention as applied to flashing aroundthe framing elements 21 of a double hung window structure, showing thesheathing S and weatherboard W, which is generally applied as shown inthe Fig. 3, with the interior plaster finish indicated as at P. TheL-shaped flashing structure is initially positioned as shown in the Fig.4, having the upstanding leg of the L-shaped structure bent slightly ina manner to initially position the top edge of the L-shaped structure inclose Patented Feb. 18, 1958,

In the accompanying drawings forming apart of this application I haveillustrated the improvements as ap-- plied to window framing, doorframing, buildingsheathing elements and the Weatherstripping ofweather-board abutting contact against the sheathing S which providesfor driving the oblique slanting piercing rib 15 downwardly andobliquely into the window frame 21 in a manner so that the upstandingleg of the L-shaped Weatherstrip will be bent back in-a manner to' hugup against the sheathing S substantially as shown in the Fig. 3, afterwhich the weather-board W is applied over the flashing and nailed tothe'sheathing S. It is to' be noted and it is intended to utilize theflashing elements around the outer sides of door framing members insubstantially the same arrangement as shown and described for flashingaround a double hung window structure, and it is intended to use theobliquely inclined ribs 15 in a manner as shown the Figures 1, 3, 4, or10, to provide the structure with means so as to be seated in anundercut seated position.

Fig. 5 illustrates. the invention as applied to weatherstripping a doorjamb 22 and a door stile 2'3 assembly in which the slanting piercing rib15 is covered over by the face portion of the Weatherstripping members,utilizing the L-shaped and the Z-shaped' structures that are disclosedin my co-pending application Serial No. 568,301, filed February 28,1956. In the application of the Weatherstripping structures to thepresent illustrated assembly, the L-shaped structure is initiallypositioned on the face of the stile 23' so that the upstanding leg ofthe L-shaped structure lays against the face of the door jamb 22,thenthe obliquely inclined slanting rib 15 is driven downwardly andobliquely into the element 23 and the upstanding leg of the L-shapedstructure will be" shifted away from the face of the doorjamb 22 so asto allow of a clearance space between the back side of the" leg of theWeatherstrip and the door jamb 22 such as when the door stile 23 isswung away from, or closed against the rabbet' provided in the doorjarnb 22. The Z-shaped structure is then initially positioned on theface of the jamb 22 so that the free end of the Z-shaped structure laysagainst the face of the L-shaped structure, then as theobliquelyinclined slanting rib 15 is driven downwardly it will move obliquelyinto the element 22 and the free end of the Z-shaped' structure will beshifted away from contact with the face of the L-shaped structure so asto allow of a clearance space between the face of the L- shapedstructure sufiicient to provideof a working clearance, and subsequentoverlapping coats of paint which may be subsequently applied, withoutthe said. structures becoming frictionally bound.

It is to be noted that it is intended to use any of the disclosedobliquely inclined: slanting ribs together with any one of thefiguresdisclosed in order to provide a piercing means that is suitable forvarious different specific requirements, and it is intended-to jointheinvention to various other shapesthatlend them touseful purposes, suchas for illustration the figures shown 6, 7,

8, and 9 inclusive which shapes aresuitable to provide such articles ofmanufacture as-, shelving cleatsor brack' ets, and runways to supportsliding drawers and similar articles. The uses described can be bettervisualized by viewing the drawing positioned in a horizontal positionwhich shows a channel shape provided with the obliquely inclinedslanting rib 15, and the F-shaped structure provided with an obliquelyinclined slanting rib in which both of the structures provide of aslideable runway in which shelves or drawers are allowed to slide,without tipping either up or down, and the Figures 8 and 9 illustratestructures having a ledge or flange that is suitable for use as shelfbrackets, with the structures being provided with obliquely inclinedslanting ribs which when driven into elements 19 similar'to' such as isshown in the Fig. 2 and Fig. 5 which provides an imbedded securing meansthat eliminatesthe use of nails or screws to secure the elements in apermanent obliquely seated undercut position.

It is to be understood that the forms of my invention, herewith shownand described, isto be taken as preferred examples of same, and thatvarious changes in shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resortedto, and I reserve the right to the use of different materials withoutdepartingfrom the spirit or concept of my invention, or the scope of thesubjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention as to what is new Lclairn':

1. A Weatherstrip structure comprising a body portion having afaceside-and a back side, said body' portion having a flange rebent upon theback side and extending between the ends of the body portion, anupstanding rib formed at. the end of said flange and extending away fromsaid bodyportion, the edge of said rib being. serrated along its1margin.

2. A Weatherstrip as-described in claim 1, in whichthe body portionhasan L-shape crosssection.

3. .A Weatherstrip as described in claim 1, in which the body portion.has a. Z-shape cross section.

4- A. Weatherstrip as described. in claim 1,. in which.

thebody portion has: an. F-shape cross section.

5. A Weatherstrip as described in'. claim 1, in which the upstanding.rib is perpendicular to the body portion.

6.- A. Weatherstrip: as described in. claim 5,. in which the bodyportion: has an L-shape cross section.

7. Aweatherstrip as describedin claim 5, inwhich the body portion has aZ-shape cross section.

8'. A. Weatherstrip as described in claim 5,.in which the body pomionhas an. F-shape cross. section;

References. Cited in-the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS934,709 Blohrn et a1 Sept. 21,. 1909 1,557,227 Weed Oct. 13,. 19252,111,888 Corey Mar. 22, 1938 FOREIGN' PAIENTS- 306,293 Great BritainFeb. 21', 1929"

